The document reflects on the importance of humility and the transient nature of wealth, drawing on biblical references and anecdotes to illustrate that material possessions do not equate to true richness. It emphasizes that one's relationship with God is more significant than earthly wealth and encourages perseverance in faith as the path to salvation. Ultimately, it challenges readers to value spiritual over material riches and to seek a humble life that honors God.

2. •How poor
were you
when you
were
growing
up?

3. • What do you
have now that
you didn’t have
when you were
growing up?
Were you
really that
poor?

4. HUMBLE
CIRCUMSTANCES
By: Steve Shepherd

5. • What
• were your humble
circumstances?
Where were
you born? How
did you live? No
doubt, most of us had a lot less
than we do now.

6. • Most of us were raised in somewhat humble circumstances as
far as this world is concerned, but we must always know that
there is something better than greatness or even great
wealth!
• Matthew 16:26 Jesus
said, “What shall it profit a
man if he gains the whole
world and loses his own soul?
Or what shall a man give in
exchange for his soul?”

7. • One day, a
wealthy family
man took his
son on a trip to
the country so
he could have
his son see
how poor
country people
were.

8. They stayed
one day and
one night at
the farm of a
very humble
farm family.

9. • When they
got back
home the
father asked
the son,
"What did
you think of
the trip"?

10. • The son replied,
"Very nice
Dad." Dad said,
"Did you notice
how poor they
were?" "Yes".
"So, what did
you learn from
this trip?"

11. • "I’ve learned that we
have one dog in the
house, and they had
four.

12. • We have a fountain and
imported lamps in our
gardenThey have a
stream with no end
and the stars in the sky.

13. • Our garden
goes to the
edge of our
property, they
have the entire
horizon as
their back
yard."

14. • At the end of the
son’s reply the
father was
speechless and
then his son
said, "Thank you
Dad, for
showing me
how poor we
really are."

15. • Bill Gates of
Microsoft is still
number one in the
money game at
$59 billion but he
won’t be number
one when he dies.
Wealth will meaning nothing to
God at death. Bill Gates needs
Jesus just like everybody else.

16. The Rich and the Poor..What’s the
meaning?
•1- Humble means high
•2- Rich means low
•3- Perseverance means
salvation

17. I. HUMBLE MEANS HIGH
• I Peter 5:5-6 “God opposes the
proud but gives grace to the
humble.” Humble yourselves,
therefore, under God’s mighty
hand, that he may lift you up
in due time.”

18. • If we go down, we will also
go up! If we humble
ourselves before God, He
will lift us up. But the problem is this: most
people don’t like to humble themselves before anyone,
including God! We don’t like to admit that we could be wrong.
We don’t like to say, “I’m sorry. I was wrong.” And even to
God.

19. • Matthew 20:26-28 “Not so
with you. Instead, whoever
wants to become great
among you must be your
servant, and whoever
wants to be first must be
your slave

20. • — just as the
Son of Man did
not come to be
served, but to
serve, and to
give his life as
a ransom for
many.”

21. • Greatness
comes through
being a humble
servant. We go
up by going
down. The
humble will be
exalted and the
exalted will be
humbled.

22. • Someone told this
story about the
famous inventor
Samuel Morse who
was once asked if
he ever
encountered
situations where
he didn’t know
what to do.

23. • Morse responded,
"More than once,
and whenever I
could not see my
way clearly, I knelt
down and prayed
to God for light and
understanding."

24. • Morse received
many honors
from his
invention of the
telegraph but
felt
undeserving.

25. • He said, "I have made
a valuable application
of electricity not
because I was
superior to other men
but solely because of
God, who meant it for
mankind, must reveal
it to someone and He
was pleased to reveal
it to me."

26. •Morse was honored but
only because he first
humbled himself before
the Lord.
• When we humble ourselves before the Lord, seeking to
honor Him, we will experience the greatest “high” there
is. Pride brings people down. Humility lifts people up.

27. • Proverbs 11:2 “When pride comes, then
comes disgrace, but with humility comes
wisdom.”
• Proverbs 16:18 “Pride goes before
destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.”
• Proverbs 29:23 “A man’s pride brings him low,
but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.”

28. 2.RICH MEANS LOW
• But the one
who is rich
should take
pride in his low
position,
because he will
pass away like a
wild flower. (James
1:10)

29. • 11 For the sun
rises with
scorching heat
and withers the
plant; its
blossom falls
and its beauty is
destroyed. In the
same way, the rich man will
fade away even while he
goes about his business.

30. • I Timothy 6:6-10
• 6 But godliness with
contentment is great gain.
7 For we brought nothing
into the world, and we can
take nothing out of it.

31. • I Timothy 6:17-19
• 17 Command those who are rich in this
present world not to be arrogant nor to put
their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain,
but to put their hope in God, who richly
provides us with everything for our
enjoyment.

32. • 18 Command
them to do
good, to be
rich in good
deeds, and to
be generous
and willing to
share

33. • 19 In this way
they will lay up
treasure for
themselves as a
firm foundation
for the coming
age, so that they
may take hold of
the life that is truly
life.

34. • Andrew Carnegie, the wealthy steel magnate
of a past generation, once remarked to a
group of men that he did not feel the need of
prayer

35. • . “What is the use of praying?” he asked. “I
already have everything I want. What more
could I ask for?” One of his hearers remarked:
“Perhaps, sir, you might pray for humility.”

36. • Rich means low.
Possessing great
wealth means
nothing. The
rich will be
brought low and
die just like
everyone else.

37. • Possessing
wealth
doesn’t keep
a person
from aging.
What’s the
idea? We all
age.

38. • We all are brought low in death, even the
high and the mighty, even the rich folks.
Therefore, they need to make preparation for
death and there’s only one way to do that!
Jesus is the way!

39. 3.PERSEVERANCE MEANS SALVATION
• 12 Blessed is the man who
perseveres under trial,
because when he has stood
the test, he will receive the
crown of life that God has
promised to those who love
him.

40. • There is only way to do a job
and that is to finish it. There is
only one way to run a
marathon and that is to finish
it. There may be a certain amount of glory in competing but
the real joy comes at the finish. This is true for many things in
life: jobs, sports, marriage, raising kids, and seeking the Lord.

41. • Matthew 24:12-13
“Because of the
increase of
wickedness, the
love of most will
grow cold, but he
who stands firm to
the end will be
saved.”

42. • Hebrews 10:36
“You need to
persevere so
that when you
have done the
will of God, you
will receive what
he has
promised.”

43. • Hebrews 11:24-27
24 By faith
Moses, when he
had grown
up, refused to be
known as the son
of Pharaoh’s
daughter

44. • 25 He chose to
be mistreated
along with the
people of God
rather than to
enjoy the
pleasures of
sin for a short
time.

45. • 26 He regarded
disgrace for the
sake of Christ as
of greater value
than the
treasures of
Egypt, because he
was looking
ahead to his
reward

46. • 27 By faith he
left Egypt, not
fearing the
king’s anger;
he persevered
because he
saw him who is
invisible."

47. •He persevered because
he saw Him who is
invisible. DO YOU SEE
HIM WHO IS INVISIBLE?
Can you see Him through the eyes of faith? That’s the only
way we can see Him, BUT we must see Him if we are going
to persevere to the end!

48. Conclusion:
• Martha S.
Nicholson
• Hold Lightly
Earth’s Things -

49. • Let me hold
lightly things
of this earth;
• Transient
treasures,
what are they
worth?

50. • Moths can
corrupt them,
rust can decay;
• All their bright
beauty fades in
a day.

51. • Let me hold
fast, Lord, thi
ngs of the
skies;
• Quicken my
vision, open
my eyes!

52. • Show me Thy
riches, glory
and grace,
• Boundless as
time
is, endless as
space...

53. • Let me hold
lightly things
that are
mine—
• Lord, Thou
dost give me
all that is
Thine!

54. • How troubled are we now?
Because of loving all the things
on earth which could not bring us
eternal peace…How awesome life
is if we have PEACE from Christ!
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55. THIS IS MY
PRAYER…